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June 25, 2010

Earthwatch: Trinidad’s Leatherback Sea Turtles - Earthwatch

Each night under swaying palms and bright tropical stars, your team will patrol sections of the beach with the staff and volunteers of Nature Seekers. In peak season, you may find as many as 150 sea turtles nesting each night. At every encounter, you’ll tag, measure, and weigh these turtles—which can grow as long as 2 meters/6.5 feet and weigh up to 900 kilograms/2000 lbs!--and collect other data crucial for local and worldwide conservation efforts. Since green and hawskbill turtles also nest in the area, you may record some data on them, as well.

The leatherback sea turtles are protected in Trinidad and Tobago. On the east cost (Matura beach) there are volunteers who devote time to ensure that the poachers don't intrude on these fantastic creatures when they return to the land of their birth to lay their eggs.

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Earthwatch: Trinidad’s Leatherback Sea Turtles - Earthwatch

Each night under swaying palms and bright tropical stars, your team will patrol sections of the beach with the staff and volunteers of Nature Seekers. In peak season, you may find as many as 150 sea turtles nesting each night. At every encounter, you’ll tag, measure, and weigh these turtles—which can grow as long as 2 meters/6.5 feet and weigh up to 900 kilograms/2000 lbs!--and collect other data crucial for local and worldwide conservation efforts. Since green and hawskbill turtles also nest in the area, you may record some data on them, as well.

The leatherback sea turtles are protected in Trinidad and Tobago. On the east cost (Matura beach) there are volunteers who devote time to ensure that the poachers don't intrude on these fantastic creatures when they return to the land of their birth to lay their eggs.